The eBird October Big Day in Kenya has been a big success. Kenya has placed 6th globally with a total of 816 species reported on the day, from 258 checklists submitted. We were beaten by five South American countries, four of which posted day totals of more than 1000 species. To give you all an idea of the capacity of citizen science to monitor bird populations, some 7097 species were reported across the globe on the 17th October, from more than 78000 (!!!!) checklists submitted. More information on Kenya’s effort, including a full species list for the day, can be found at the link below.
https://ebird.org/region/KE?yr=BIGDAY_2020b&rank=lrec
A big thank you to all those who submitted lists for this event, thus highlighting the incredible birdlife on offer in Kenya. Outstanding efforts include:
Site high list – Ole Sanoe Henry (205 species – Soysambu)
Coastal birders – almost a cleanup; a very good contribution
Most remote list – Sibiloi NP and Ileret (Ambrose Ajiko)
Thanks to Pete Steward for pulling everyone together and to the eBird review team (including James Bradley, Stratton Hatfield and Tyler Davis) for going through and checking the data.
Birders, make sure to sign up for the next eBird big day in May 2021!
Meanwhile, enjoy the Global Bird Weekend and Global Big Day video by Washington Wachira